Templet for concrete gutters.



J. F. LIPP. TEMPLET FOR CONCRETE GUTTERS. APPLICATION HLED MAY 31, I9I2.

Patented Feb. 1, 1916.

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wueutoz J. F. LIPP. TEMPLET FOR CONCRETE GUTTERS.

APPLICATION FILED MAY 31 Patented Feb. 1, 1916.

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JOSEPH F. m1, 01? DENVER, COLORADO.

TEMPLE! FOR CONCRETE GUTTERS.

Specification of Letters Patent.

Patented Feb. 1, 11916.

Application filed May 31, 1912. Serial No. 700,881.

terial composing the gutter sections has become set.

To that end it consists in forming the templets of two sections -whose engaging ends are formed of overlapping edges so arranged as to prevent lateral displacement and permi't one section to be removed without displacing the remaining section.

The invention further consists in other details of its construction and combinations of its parts all of which I will now proceed to definitely describe and then point out in the claim that which I believe to be novel; 1

reference being had to the accompanying drawings in which is illustrated an embodiment thereof.

In the drawings: Figure 1 is a view of a templet arranged according to my invention. Fig. 2 is an enlarged detail View showing the manner of securing the adjoining edges of the two sections against lateral displacement. Fig. 3 is a top edge View of the joint when the parts are together. Fig. 4 is a face view of the joint. Fig. 5 is a cross section taken through a street gutteryshowing my improved templet in place. Fig. 6 is a similar view showing the mannerof removing one of the sections of the templet after the concrete has become partially set. Fig. 7 is a similar view showing the remaining section of the templet removed from the gutter. Fig. 8 is a section taken through the line 8-8 of Fig. 6. Fig. 9 is a section taken through the line 99 of Fig. 6. Fig. 10 is a cross section similar to Fig. 5 in which a short gutter section of templet is employed to form a more narrow gutter.

The same reference characters indicate the same parts in all the views.

Let the numeral 5 designate my improved templet as a whole which is composed of the head memberfi and body members 7. These members are joined together'at their inner ends by overlapping staggered inclined faces 8, as shown in Fig. 2, and having triangular horizontal faces 9 and 10 which rest one upon the other when the parts are joined together. see Fig. 4. The opposite ends of the members 6 and 7 are provided with projections 12 and 13 which are adapted to enter slots cut in the outer gutter boards 14 and inner gutter boards 15, respectively, and which serve to hold the templet in its vertical position prior to the introduction of the concrete. As shown in Figs. 8 and 9 the parts 7 and 6 are made tapering in cross sections so as to be more readily withdrawn from the mold when the concrete has become set.

The manner and advantage of using a templet arranged according to the present invention will now be explained. The earth 'ls'first excavated to the desired level, the

gutter and inner gutter boards are then placed in position and a layer of suitable coarse material placed in the bottom of the trench. The templets are now placed in position at suitable distances apart. A header board 16 is secured along the inner edges of the head members 6 producing a mold to receive the concrete in forming the head portion of the gutter, the header-boards 16 being secured to the gutter board 14 by clamps 17. The horizontal portion of the gutter becomes set long before the head or curb portion, and the sections 7 may be re moved without disturbing the curb section, when the curb portion of the gutter has become sufficiently set, the gutter boards 14 and 15 and header-board 16 are removed and the remaining section 6 of the templet withdrawn as shown in Fig. 7 and in the di-- beveled portions, thevends of said sections being rounded as and for the purposes set 16 forth.

In testimony whereof 'I h: ve afiixed my signature in presence of two Witnesses.

' JOSEPH F. LIPP.

Witnesses:

G. A. GossARn, O. E. Honmcx. 

